Dispatches to friends

About

A black and white self-portrait. I am a white woman with short dark hair, lying in tall grass. Only my shoulders and head are visible through a curtain of grass. Above, the sky is full of clouds.

I am a writer, an image maker, a sound artist, a microadventurer, a pootlist. Not necessarily in that order, not necessarily all of the time.

I seek a quiet life, one rich in time spent living and connecting to the more-than-human and human world. This is not an easy task when I spend most of my days in an insulated office of metal and glass. I get caught up in the loop of forgetting and remembering what it is to be a part of earth. Still, I try to break that loop so I may remember more often than forget. I carry a camera and notebook at all times. They are tokens, amulets, ritualistic tools that help me slow the frenzy of the too-human-world. I pause for a moment and find a balance.

In that moment of pause, I bear witness and enter into an act of reciprocity with the world. I step out of my worries, quieten my mind, and let my body experience the world. In return, I attempt to capture those daily moments of wonder and stillness. Sometimes I share the results, sometimes I don't.